Tending the Garden of our Hearts: Family Meditations for Great Lent is a daily podcast offering readings and stories and lessons for every day of Great Lent and Holy Week. Children are invited to listen with their parents, and to use the questions at the end to start a family conversation on the day’s theme! Families who prefer to read aloud can download the PDF of the day’s reading to print and read at home. More information, including ideas for related crafts and activities, are available at tending-the-garden.com. Presented by Elissa Bjeletich and Kristina Wenger.

April 2018

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Holy Wednesday, for Younger Children

Today’s episode looks at two different people’s interactions with Christ on the Wednesday before His Passion: Mary, who poured expensive oil on Christ’s feet; and Judas, who betrayed Him for money. How did Judas react to Mary’s loving gift? Which of these people should we imitate?

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In this program, we revisit Orthodox Holy Week with selected passages from the Holy Tradition - in the hope of trying to convey the richness of the "conversation" between God…